A nail shooter?

No, a tack driver, of course!

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A nail shooter?

On Sat, 31 May 2008 16:50:45 -0400, "Anonymous" wrote:

No, a tack driver, of course!

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A nail shooter?

Might make a cool laser level..


mac

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"mac davis" wrote in message
Might make a cool laser level..

Hell, Dewalt should market them as a sales gimmick. What self respecting
woodworking or contractor *wouldn't* run out and buy one just because they
look great? A little engineering and they could be adapted as a
reciprocating saw a drill or even a flashlight.

Only downside is you might see a marked increase in cops shooting
contractors.

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A nail shooter?

Why of course. Remember, those Cuban construction workers on Grenada, at
least some of them, were using nail guns by Kalashnikov. Model AK-47 to be
exact.

DaveD

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I like it!!!
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but you can't make them THINK"
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Darn and I have Ryobi...Guess I'll have to wait until Ryobi has one!

Rich

lol someone has to much time on their hands, I love it.

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If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's, too..


mac

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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today saying
that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in type of
fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not stop an enemy
combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain .22 caliber
bullet?

Dave in Houston

Dave in Houston wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today saying
that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in type of
fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not stop an enemy
combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain .22 caliber
bullet?

Dave in Houston


Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their
target with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would
knock them flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

Doug Winterburn wrote:

Dave in Houston wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having
enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today
[saying
that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in type of
fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not stop an
enemy
combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain .22 caliber
bullet?

Dave in Houston


Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their
target with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would
knock them flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

Read something similar years ago. George Herter, I think provided the
same rationale for the development of the .45.


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If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

The .45 caliper weapons, I prefer the 1911, can be a bit heavy and do kick,
but that is nothing to the weight and kick felt on the receiving end.

--
Mike
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
Old Air Force Munitions Saying
IYAAYAS
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Doug Winterburn wrote:

Dave in Houston wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having
enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today
[saying
that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in type of
fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not stop an
enemy
combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain .22 caliber
bullet?

Dave in Houston


Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their
target with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would
knock them flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

Read something similar years ago. George Herter, I think provided the
same rationale for the development of the .45.


--
If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

"Doug Winterburn" wrote in message
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Dave in Houston wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having
enough [kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle
today saying that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the
close-in type of fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and
does not stop an enemy combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a
69 grain .22 caliber bullet?

Dave in Houston
Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their target
with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would knock them
flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

I heard a similar account [decades ago] about the screaming Chinese
hordes in North Korea.

Dave in Houston

Dave in Houston wrote:
"Doug Winterburn" wrote in message
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Dave in Houston wrote:
"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..
Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having
enough [kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle
today saying that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the
close-in type of fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and
does not stop an enemy combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a
69 grain .22 caliber bullet?

Dave in Houston
Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their target
with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would knock them
flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

I heard a similar account [decades ago] about the screaming Chinese
hordes in North Korea.

Dave in Houston



History supports Grandpa's version:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911_Colt_pistol

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Dave in Houston wrote:
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having
enough [kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle
today saying that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the
close-in type of fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and
does not stop an enemy combatant quick enough. What do you expect from
a 69 grain .22 caliber bullet?

Dave in Houston
Years ago, Grandpa told me about the Moro uprising in the Philippines
where he was serving in the US army. He said these guys had it in their
minds that they needed to kill a Christian to assure their place in
paradise. The army was using .38 at the time. The Moros would wrap
themselves up tightly in ripped up bed sheets etc and come at their
target with their machetes. The .38 didn't stop them, but a .45 would
knock them flat. The army went to the .45 for the standard side arm.

I heard a similar account [decades ago] about the screaming Chinese
hordes in North Korea.

And that experience led to the claymore anti personel mine.

On Sat, 31 May 2008 20:10:18 -0500, "Dave in Houston"
wrote:


"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today saying
that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in type of
fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not stop an enemy
combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain .22 caliber
bullet?

Dave in Houston

Yep.. I was in the Army when they took away our m-14's (7.62 mm?) and gave us
the plastic toys..
When they didn't jam, they sprayed rounds everywhere and were very prone to
deflection...
The m-60 MG became the workhorse, because it used the same round as the m-14..

In the book Black Hawk Down, they talked a lot about the LAR or something like
that, maybe that's the M855? Up against the AK-47, it just didn't have the
punch and the m-60's kept a lot of our people alive..

My kid says that the LAR or whatever is a light MG that was supposed to replace
the m-60, so they could have a universal round, but it just doesn't have the
stopping power of a larger, heavier round..


mac

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On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:59:19 -0700, mac davis
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m-14's (7.62 mm?)

Yes. I was there when the Marines switched from the M1 to the M14.

The NATO 7.62mm round used by the M-14 and the M-60 is physically
interchangeable with the civilian .308. The 30-06 caliber (M-1, BAR,
M1919 MG, etc), .300 inches, is measured from land to land in the
barrel. The .308/7.62mm caliber is measured from groove to groove. The
bullet diameter for both 30-06 and .308/7.62mm calibers is the same.

Tom Veatch
Wichita, KS
USA

Which is exactly why special ops units are being issued a newer .45.

If you try to buy a newer 1911 .45 expect to wait for delivery

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Mike
Watch for the bounce.
If ya didn't see it, ya didn't feel it.
If ya see it, it didn't go off.
Old Air Force Munitions Saying
IYAAYAS
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"mac davis" wrote in message
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On Sat, 31 May 2008 01:06:05 -0600, Just Wondering
wrote:

I want one!

Probably works better than the one's the Army tried to use in the 60's,
too..

Soldiers are complaining about the current M855 round not having enough
[kick] ass. There was an AP article in the Houston Chronicle today
saying that soldiers say the round is not heavy enough for the close-in
type of fighting that is the norm in Iraq and Afghanistan and does not
stop an enemy combatant quick enough. What do you expect from a 69 grain
.22 caliber bullet?

Dave in Houston

Just Wondering wrote:



Good one!

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If you're going to be dumb, you better be tough

awesome!
Did you buy the furniture yellow, or duracote it?

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Where can I get one? Just asked the xyl if I could get a new DeWalt and she
said yes, reluctantly, but yes.... Thanks for the pic.

DaveD

On Sat, 31 May 2008 00:06:05 -0700, Just Wondering wrote
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So this thing fires 18v DC current?

Perhaps you'd care to see something in red? (Thanks go to the person who
originally posted this here)

Peter

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Somebody had to eventually come up with a cordless nail gun.
I figured it would be Festool - but looks like Dewalt beat them
to the punch - or shot.

On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0700, charlieb
wrote:

Somebody had to eventually come up with a cordless nail gun.
I figured it would be Festool - but looks like Dewalt beat them
to the punch - or shot.


The DeWalt electric version is at least three years old.

Also, Paslode cartridge guns have been around for quite a while.

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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0700, charlieb
wrote:

Somebody had to eventually come up with a cordless nail gun.
I figured it would be Festool - but looks like Dewalt beat them
to the punch - or shot.


The DeWalt electric version is at least three years old.

Also, Paslode cartridge guns have been around for quite a while.

Paslode cordless have been around since the 90's and PC "tried" their hand
at them several years ago.

IIRC it was called the Bammer. I knew a few people who picked it up, and
all, I believe, described it as a POS.

Glen

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"The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant: It's
just that they know so much that isn't so."

- Ronald Reagan

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"B a r r y" wrote in message
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:00:00 -0700, charlieb
wrote:

Somebody had to eventually come up with a cordless nail gun.
I figured it would be Festool - but looks like Dewalt beat them
to the punch - or shot.


The DeWalt electric version is at least three years old.

Also, Paslode cartridge guns have been around for quite a while.

Paslode cordless have been around since the 90's and PC "tried" their hand
at them several years ago.

On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:47:52 -0700, "Glen"
wrote:

IIRC it was called the Bammer. I knew a few people who picked it up, and
all, I believe, described it as a POS.

My wife's cousin owns a company that installs 8-9000 replacement
windows a year. They use the DeWalt cordless finish nailers, and seem
to really like them.

"Glen" wrote in message
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IIRC it was called the Bammer. I knew a few people who picked it up, and
all, I believe, described it as a POS.

Took the words right out of my mouth. I still have that $300 P.O.S.
Soured me on Porta Cable fer sure.

Dave in Houston

"Glen" wrote in
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IIRC it was called the Bammer. I knew a few people who picked it up,
and all, I believe, described it as a POS.

Glen


I was talking to my next door neighbor who is a carpenter that works for a
commercial contractor. I mentioned the "Bammer" and he said it was a POS.
It works great if you shoot a bunch in a row, but if you put it down or
space the "shots" out, all the gas leaks out and you get very little actual
usagee out of a cartridge.

I mentioned that I could rig up a repeating nail gun using black powder.
He's a little afraid of me now.